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Professor Dan Cable and comedian Akin Omobitan unearth social science’s hidden gems by “funpacking” peer-reviewed articles and sharing their choice findings!
Professor Dan Cable and comedian Akin Omobitan unearth social science’s hidden gems by “funpacking” peer-reviewed articles and sharing their choice findings!
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Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Gratitude
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Expressing gratitude has scientifically proven benefits, both for expressor and recipient, and seems like an all-round good thing to do. So why aren’t we doing this more often? Turns out there’s some very good reasons, and those reasons can be overcome.
- Research Paper: 'Undervaluing Gratitude: Expressers Misunderstand the Consequences of Showing Appreciation' by Amit Kumar and Nicholas Epley

6 years ago
As I am stuck in a “dry hotel” in the middle of Bahrain I got to finally start listening to your pot casts, something I have been procrastinating for a while (I will get back to this later on!). As Akin, I had the opportunity to also take part in Essentic’s point positive and as I was listening the pod 3 things came to my mind I would like to share:
6 years ago
Great Podcast ! Makes me want to share my gratitude more ...